Gary,
<As an example...perhaps someone new to the midwest
might have major concerns about tornadoes...moreso than people who have
always lived there and have adjusted.>
On the other hand,
if people have not been able to adjust to tornadoes (or spiders, in this
case), or if it was as bad as the horror stories that you hear, then would
large populations of people actually be living in those areas? I would
think not.
<I had emailed a pest control outfit in Tucson...they
said they have never had a call-back from anyone whose home they have treated.>
Keep
in mind that this may also be a marketing tactic. It sure sounds good,
compared to the alternative.. "Every time we treat a house, we've gotta
come back and spray again within two months." :-)
<My hunch
(this is the advice I give myself!) is after a month or so...hopefully
not finding these trespassers...we can relax:)>
This is good
advice to go by. You almost have to go out and look for them. As an example,
I was hiking in central Arizona| Arizona | (air-i'-ZON-u') | The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada. |
(about an hour north of Phoenix) several days ago,
and encountered a rattlesnake. I had seen a baby rattler several months
back, and it was just slithering along the ground. But this one was full-grown,
very mad at us for going near it, stood up in the strike position, and
rattled extremely fast.
While my first reaction was to step
back, my second reaction was, "Wow, cool!" I ended up taking pictures
(they're in the photo gallery on this site under Horton Springs).. I was
even tempted to find ways to provoke it so I could get even better pictures,
but I decided against that :-).
My point here is that these
are the types of things that you almost have to intentionally seek out.
And if you come across them on accident, the worst part is the immediate
shock, and then it's over. Once you know they're there, they're harmless
(as long as you don't do anything stupid). I only wish I had encountered
these types of wildlife (for picture-taking) as often as I heard or read
fake horror stories about such encounters.
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